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Descriptor English: Drainage, Postural
Descriptor Spanish: Drenaje Postural
Descriptor drenaje postural
Entry term(s) drenaje postural pulmonar
drenaje postural respiratorio
drenaje respiratorio postural
Scope note: Tratamiento de rehabilitación para la eliminación de una secreción mucosa abundante de los pulmones de pacientes con enfermedades tales como BRONQUITIS, BRONQUIECTASIAS, ABSCESO PULMONAR o FIBROSIS QUÍSTICA. La cabeza del paciente se coloca inclinada hacia abajo (así la TRAQUEA está inferior a la zona afectada) durante sesiones de 15 a 20 minutos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Drenagem Postural
Descriptor French: Drainage postural
Entry term(s): Drainage, Postural Respiratory
Drainage, Pulmonary Postural
Drainage, Respiratory, Postural
Postural Drainage
Postural Drainage, Pulmonary
Postural Respiratory Drainage
Pulmonary Postural Drainage
Respiratory Drainage, Postural
Tree number(s): E02.309.221
E02.779.358
E02.831.535.358
E02.880.150
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015916
Scope note: A rehabilitation therapy for removal of copious mucus secretion from the lung of patients with diseases such as CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; PULMONARY ABSCESS; or CYSTIC FIBROSIS. The patient's head is placed in a downward incline (so the TRACHEA is inferior to the affected area) for 15- to 20-minute sessions.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Drainage (1966-1989)
Posture (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 1990
History Note: 1990
DeCS ID: 24612
Unique ID: D015916
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/15
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Drainage, Postural - Preferred
Concept UI M0024355
Scope note A rehabilitation therapy for removal of copious mucus secretion from the lung of patients with diseases such as CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; PULMONARY ABSCESS; or CYSTIC FIBROSIS. The patient's head is placed in a downward incline (so the TRACHEA is inferior to the affected area) for 15- to 20-minute sessions.
Preferred term Drainage, Postural
Entry term(s) Drainage, Postural Respiratory
Drainage, Pulmonary Postural
Drainage, Respiratory, Postural
Postural Drainage
Postural Drainage, Pulmonary
Postural Respiratory Drainage
Pulmonary Postural Drainage
Respiratory Drainage, Postural



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